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I am very new here and not sure about establishing friendship here. Honestly I don't have a lot of time digging into every piece of news. I think I spend more time reading the comments than the stories themselves ... very often you learn much more reading people's reactions.

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I'm new here too. I had lurked for awhile but finally made a username. I come here for the particular mix of stories that inevitably interest me, but more for the comments. I don't comment much yet, both because I'm new and also I feel a little intimidated at times - everyone here seems very smart and experienced. I'm intelligent but the experience, well I guess that will change with time. :) I'd like to make friends, I guess we'll see there too.

yeh... i guess most people are lurkers, and i always have been... makes me think of the thing about 90% are lurkers, 9% contributors and 1% heavy contributors

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html

Yeah, I think "intimidated" is the word! Very often, I find others knowing a lot more than I do and talk a lot more intelligently than I do ... but hopefully this will wear off a bit with time.

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